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 Epana Completes Series A at $3
Million VentureWire - February 15, 2001 New York -- Epana
Networks, a communications company, said it had completed its Series A round at
$3 million led by Sienna Holdings, with participation from Bluefish Ventures
and individual investors. The company has received $1.5 million and will
receive an additional $1.5 million upon meeting agreed-upon benchmarks. Robert
J. Conrads, an operating partner at Sienna, and Alex Millar, a partner at
Bluefish, will take seats on Epana's board of directors as part of the
investment. The company, currently in beta-testing with customers, said the
money would be used to build out its network and to launch final versions of
its products in the second quarter of 2001. Epana was founded in October, 2000
by Elie Seidman, the founder of the Internet service provider Wired Business,
and Alexis Rosen, founder of ISP Panix.
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